Motorcycle trials has returned to Kenya after a 25 year hiatus. In the Portland Cement Quarry at Athi River, 20 km to the south east of Nairobi, the East Africa Motor Sports Club (EAMSC) put on a small event.
3 riders were expected but 8 turned up as the course was laid out by Kenya motorcycle Legend (and latterly USA trial Champ) Bill de Garis. He was on hand on Sunday the 17th as the riders tackled 15 sections in the sandy spoil heaps and the rocky stacks of clinker.
The baking hot conditions meant no damp spots at all and the early sections were a series of loose sandy hills. After a curry lunch, the action returned to the clinker heaps, which were a favourite of spectators and photographers, and finished in a dry river bed by the beer tent.
Bill de Garis won easily, giving away 30 plus years to his nearest competitor, and most importantly great good humour and invaluable tuition on what we were meant to be doing. 14 year old Dudi Brighetti showed great promise to come in third and a great camaderie was formed among all the riders and our gracious observer, Dr. Sunil Vinayak.
The next event is on June 8th, laid on by the Rift Valley Motorsports Club near Nakuru, where the walls of the rift slope down to massive volcanic craters......
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Results
1 Bill de Garis - 21
2 Anto Nielsen - 27
3 Dudi Brighetti - 28
4 Salim Walimohamed - 33
5 Tom Cholmondeley - 35
6 Shivam Vinayak - 37
7 Mbabu Muturi - 39
8 Peter Pleitz - 49